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Mike Day (born October 9, 1984) is an American bicycle motocross (BMX) cyclist who has competed professionally since 1994. He won the silver medal in the men's BMX at the
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in Beijing.


Nickname

Day's official
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(UCI) number - which was originally assigned to him by the
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- is #365, the number of days in a year (with the exception of
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). As a result, his number and surname - 365 Day - relates to the common phrase "...365 days per year". The origin of the nickname is explained by Mike:


Introduction to racing

He began cycling at the
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Raceway on his ninth birthday. He followed his older brother around on his rides so his father decided to take him to a race. His first race bike was a GT Interceptor


Professional career

Day turned professional in April 2002, at the age of 17. His first professional result was second place at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winter Nationals in
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on April 6, 2002. His first professional win was in the "A" pro category at the
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(NBL) Golden State National in
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on May 5, 2002 (Day 1) He also won on Day 2 the next day. In the seniors events, Day's first result was sixth place in "AA" Pro at the ABA Fall Nationals in
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on October 26, 2002. His first win was in "AA" Pro at the ABA World Championship in
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on July 23, 2005 (Day2) It took Day three years to obtain his first Senior pro win. His first race with ''GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles/Red Bull'' was the ABA Silverdollar National in
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on January 6, 2007 In 2005, Day won the 2005 NORA Cup. Day is a 2008 ABA Golden Crank winner for Pro of the Year.


2008 Summer Olympics

On June 14, 2008 Mike Day won a place on the USA BMX Olympic Team by winning the Team Trial at the
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in
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. This was the first United States BMX team to compete at the Olympic Games. For six months prior to the Olympics, Day trained at a duplicate of the track to be used in Beijing. Day refrained from competing in the UCI BMX World Championships in Beijing, China which were held two weeks prior.June 15, 2008 Union Trib article
/ref> On August 20, Day qualified for the Semi Finals, by winning both the Seeding Run time trials and was the overall winning of the three runnings of his Quarter Finals, sweeping all three. On August 22, Mike Day won the
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in the Men's BMX Final at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, becoming the second American ever to win an Olympic medal for BMX. :â
Time Trial data from nbcolympics.com


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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Mike 1984 births Living people American BMX riders American male cyclists Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Tarzana, Los Angeles 21st-century American sportsmen